Empire of the Moon

  • February 1991
  • 16mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    John Haptas,

    Kristine Samuelson,

    EMPIRE OF THE MOON wryly deconstructs the experience of being a tourist. Paris, gorgeously photographed in black-and-white, is the setting for cultural explorations ranging from the mundane to the sublime, as visitors trek from icon to icon, snapping the same photos, climbing the same steps and at times experiencing the transformative wonder they came to find.